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The World In The Afternoon

Frances Partridge ROSAMOND LEHMANN'S ALBUM with an introduction and postscript by Rosamond Lehmann Chatto & Windus, f8.95 E veryone who entertains visitors for weekends knows......

A Very Feminine Condition

Antonia Douro COUSIN ROSAMUND by Rebecca West Macmillan, £9.95 I n Cousin Rosamund Rebecca West con- tinues the saga of a set of dowdy, childish, over-sensitive virgins, fired......